9 years ago
New Delhi:
Voting in 59 seats of Tripura's 60-seat assembly began at 7 am on Sunday. Polling in Charilam constituency was postponed to March 12 after the death of Communist Party of India (Marxist) or CPI(M) candidate Ramendra Narayan Debbarma. The Election Commission had set up 3,174 polling stations in Tripura; 47 of them were managed by women. A total of 292 candidates, including 23 women, fought the closely-watched contest today. The Left Front and the BJP have fielded candidates for all the seats while Congress will contest all but one seat. With almost 47,803 new voters and 11 third-gender voters, almost 26 lakh people were eligible to vote yesterday. The results will be out on March 3, the same day when results of the Meghalaya and Nagaland assembly elections will also be announced.
